高二英语外研版 选修8 module4 词汇阅读理解完形填空辅导（3）

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic （技工）. One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38to take them home. There she carefully 39the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41.

Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42, to these young geese, the girl was their mother.

As they 43, the girl was able to 44her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46and in her dreams. Later, she had an 47: She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48. She asked her father for a plane and he assembled（组装）a small aircraft for her.

Caring about 49safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50or follow him, and 51slept in the grass.

One day, the girl 52into the plane, started it and soon left the 53. Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54flapped（拍打）their wings and 55. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.